[ RadSafe ] Uranium and genotoxicity

[James Salsman]

Brent,

If you've been reading along the multiple agreeing peer-reviewed
sources, you have evidence that uranyl is a genotoxic teratogen in
multiple rodents.

Do you have any evidence that it is not in moles?

James Salsman

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Brent Rogers
<brent.rogers at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> James
>
> Regarding moles, do you have any evidence that uranium in the soil has any
> effect whatsoever on a mole's survivability?  Considering everything those
> creatures have to live with, primarily their place in the food chain, I
> surmise that U in the soil they live in is a vanishingly small factor.
>
> But of course, I can't prove this, so following on from how you've argued
> every other point, it must mean that moles are dying from U exposure left
> and right.  However, I haven't seen anything in the scientific literature
> that reports a high level of birth defects among their population.
>
> Brent Rogers
> Sydney Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
> Of James Salsman
> Sent: Saturday, 7 June 2008 11:31 AM
> To: bcradsafers at hotmail.com; radsafelist
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Uranium and genotoxicity
>
> Dear Dr. Cedervall,
>
> Your point is not valid. The fact remains that increasing exposure to
> uranyl cause an increase in birth defects.  Do you deny that?
>
> Do you wish humans to have the same survivability as moles?
>
> Is your understanding of DNA biology and teratology what passes for
> normal in the Swedish health physics community?
>
> James Salsman
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